1. The first poem‚ "Upon the Burning of Our House" is written by Anne Bradstreet. She explains how God has the right to take away any of her belongings such as her house. The quote "It was his own:it was not mine;" emphasizes the fact that God owns everything a human posseses and that she owes everything to God. Later in the poem she describes how a better life exists in heaven for her made by the mighty Architect. 3. This quote is from Johnathon Edwards’s sermon "from Sinners in the Hands of an
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“Upon the burning of our house‚ July 10th‚ 1666”‚ a poem by Anne Bradstreet. This poem describes her reaction of waking up‚ running around the house‚ and a fearful sound of “Fire!” and “Fire!”‚ because her house was broken down. She struggles a lot with her materialism. But after all‚ she wasn’t discouraged and she didn’t lose hope even in the helpless situation because‚ Christ is the one who said “Fear not for I am with thee”. She woke up by hearing the sound of loud noises‚ and screaming on fire
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Upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet LITERARY FOCUS: THE PLAIN STYLE The Puritans favored “plainness” in all things: in dress‚ in the architecture and design of their churches‚ in their forms of worship‚ and in language. Unlike the ornate “high style” popular in England at the time‚ the Puritan plain style used simple sentences and common words from everyday speech. The plain style contained few or no classical allusions‚ Latin quotations‚ or elaborate figures of speech. The plain
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family’s house burned down on July 10‚ 1666. After the destruction‚ she wrote the poem expressing her sadness and grief on her loss. She lost everything‚ including her cherished items where she wrote‚ “My pleasant things in ashes lie‚ and them behold no more shall I.” (Bradstreet‚ 1666) However‚ she mentioned her understanding this was God’s will for this to happen‚ and she moved forward knowing her greater reward for service to God was heaven. Example of this is mentioned‚ “Thou hast an house on high
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Determining whether the God you praise and worship is choleric because of your presence by the sins you’ve created is a never ending battle in the 17th-18th centuries. Upon the Burning of Our House is a poem‚ with nine stanzas‚ written by Anne Bradstreet explaining her understanding and able to live and learn from sin with God. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God is a work‚ written as a sermon‚ by Jonathan Edwards who preaches to all the non-Puritan sinners‚ that if they don’t convert and take blame
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• Anne was very domestic. She married at the age of 16 and later had 8 children. • Anne never intended on having her writing published‚ her brother-in-law took her writings and had them published. • She was the first woman to be published. Her book was also the American book of poems to be published. • After migrating to the Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ her husband became the governor. • Two poets that have influenced her writing are‚ Edmund Spenser and Philip Sidney. • If you look to the right you
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Anne Bradstreet was a woman of the Puritan period (1612-1672) where‚ women were expected to do the household chores and take care of the children. She wanted to express her feelings‚ thoughts‚ concern‚ and emotions of her life by writing in the form of poems. Her poems consisted of settlement‚ family‚ home life‚ surroundings‚ nature‚ role of women and religious belief. She believed that anything that caused pain to her was by Gods will. Her poems talk about the people close to her life. Anne Bradstreet’s
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discussion‚ I will be analyzing the poem Anne Bradstreet’s‚ “Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House‚ July 10th‚ 1666.” Anne Bradstreet was the first woman to publish a book of poetry in the British colonies. Anne Bradstreet goes to sleep one night and wakes up in the middle of the night saying fire. The sound that woke her up was the thud ring noise which was the sound of her house burning down. Anne Bradstreet leaves her house and watches outside her house and all of her possessions turn
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Similar to the woman in “Verses upon the burning of our house”‚ my house had a small fire ten years ago. In the fire I lost many prized possessions and a sense of home. In fact‚ my room had the most damage because the fire was right above me. My family and I felt lost‚ but as the time went on through the construction and renovation of my home‚ I was able to cope with our loss as I watched my parents in awe as they looked at this tragic event as something positive. They showed me to look on the bright
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and philosopher. He attended in Yale college and later became a pastor at Northampton‚ Massachusetts in 1724. His outstanding preaching there led to the ’Great Awakening’ in 1734–5. Another famous person at that time was an English woman named Anne Bradstreet. She was the first woman to publish her poetry. She wrote two edition
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